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Lozells – St Matthias Wheeler Street ( O.S GR SP 069888 )

Situated on the borders of Hockley and Lozells was consecrated 1855. A parish was assigned out of St George’s, Birmingham 1856. Parts of it were taken to form the parish of St Saviour, Birmingham 1874 and part of the parish of St Edward, Birmingham 1899. In 1948 the church was closed and in 1949 the benefice and parish united with those of St Georges, Birmingham

A parish assigned out of St Silas’s Lozells in 1881.The Porchester Street mission room was licensed for public worship from 1895 until the Second World War, St Peter’s mission ,Burners Street from 1908 – 1926, and the Toch H, Clifford Street from 1926 –1937.

Consecrated 1854. A parish was assigned out of St Peter and St Paul’s, Aston in 1854; parts of it were taken to form the parish of St Paul, Lozells 1881, and part of the parish of St Mary, Aston Brook 1864.The schoolroom in Park Lane was licensed for public worship from1862 – 1891; St Silas’s mission room, Nursery Road, from 1908 – 1926.

Registers at Birmingham Central Library – Archives department

Baptisms 1854 - 1964

Marriages 1854 - 1962

Non Conformist

Baptist - Guildford Street Lozells

Chapel a hall taken under the charge of Christ Church Victoria Road Six Ways Aston in1867. The church formed in 1880 originated in a mission undertaken by Heneage Street Aston at the Asylum Summer Lane Hockley in 1856. The chapel ceased to be registered for public worship in 1954.

Brethren - Lozells Road Aston Manor

Fairbairn Hall was registered for public worship in 1911. In 1919 it was re-certified as Hartington Hall. It was not included among the Brethren’s meetings 1957.

Chapel was completed in 1872. The church originated in a meeting held at the Temperance Hotel, Moor Street, Birmingham in 1860 . A church was formed in 1861, which, in 1864, was meeting at Ann Street, Birmingham Temperance Hall. The first chapel, was said to have been secured in 1868 but in 1872 the Welsh Congregationalists were meeting at the Boatman’s Chapel Crescent Locks.

Congregationalists and Independents - Wheeler Street Lozells

Chapel was opened in 1839. The church originated in 1833 when a Sunday School was opened in a farmhouse in Lozells Lane (later renamed Lozells Road).In 1942 the buildings were badly damaged by bombing, and the congregation shared the use of St George’s Presbyterian Church for a time. The chapel of 1839 in use as a church hall after 1863 was restored and reopened for services in 1947. The shell of the later building was still standing in 1961. Members of Wheeler Street church were responsible for mission work resulting in the opening in 1879 of Westminster Road Birchfield chapel.

Prince of Wales hall a former public house, was reopened as an adult school in 1901.In 1904 it was the meeting place branch of the Christian Society. It was closed in 1957.

Methodists - George Street Lozells

Aston Villa chapel, was built by the Wesleyans in 1850. In 1865 it was replaced by a new building. The church was founded by members of Constitution Hill, Birmingham church. In 1887 George Street took charge of a mission in Porchester Street, which was eventually transferred to Lozells Street.

Chapel was opened by Wesleyans in 1894. the church originated as a mission founded before 1878 in rooms in Porchester Street, and taken over in the year by the George Street Lozells church. The mission was shortly afterwards transferred to Lozells Street Board School.

Methodists - Unett Street Lozells

Chapel was built by the Methodist New Connexion in 1838. The chapel ceased to be registered for public worship in 1946.